Hard Red Winter Wheat Seeds

Hard Red Winter Wheat Seeds

Winter wheat is planted in the fall and harvested the following summer. Many times it will yield more than spring wheat. Like all the winter grains, one of the major advantages to winter wheat is that it starts growing right away in the spring. Which means you will not get stuck in the spring rains/mud trying to plant like spring wheat.

Winter wheat must sprout and grow in the fall and then go through a period of vernalization for it to produce grain the following summer. This is why it is important to seed winter wheat early enough that it can get established. However, it can be tricky, because winter wheat that grows too tall or too much is more susceptible to winter kill. For this reason it is possible to seed your winter wheat too early.